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Giant Leopard Moth Caterpillar

Hypercompe scribonia

Description:

Photo take in my door entrance seen this guy for the last 7 days eating a devil´s ivy plant at night. Really big about 9 cm long black whit red rings and some bright orange small dots along the body.

Habitat:

It is distributed throughout the Southern and Eastern United States from New England to Mexico.

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3 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Luis and Karen
Wingspan about 8 cm

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Awesome! How big is the moth?

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 12 years ago

Excellent

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Mar 6, 2012
Submitted on Mar 6, 2012

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